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NEWSLETTER Issue 5, February 2017 NEWSLETTER Issue 5, February 2017 Dear HEPTech members, As always, there are plenty of very interesting activities around our labs. In this issue on the TT side, the focus is on Wigner RCP that recently joined the ESA technology transfer network and IFIN-HH that organised the 5th Balkan Symposium of Archeometry. On the detector development side, the focus is on LIP that managed to build low-cost large area neutron detectors using a well- established detector technology (Resistive Plate Chambers) and on INFN that successfully developed an innovative imaging system for hadron therapy they recently tested on a first patient. You will also get an insight on the activities of the University of the Aegean, one of our new members including an interview of the Vice-rector of Research, Development, Finance and Infrastructure on the main achievements of the university with respect to technology transfer. Thank you for your contributions to the HEPTech newsletter. Enjoy the reading! Jean-Marie Le Goff Chairman of HEPTech Around the members MTA WIGNER Research Centre for Physics, Hungary “Horia Hulubei” National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Romania Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), Portugal Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italy In focus: University of the Aegean, Greece The interview: Prof. Amalia Polydoropoulou, Vice-rector of Research, Development, Finance and Infrastructure, University of the Aegean, Greece HEPTech upcoming events Around the members Wigner RCP represents Hungary in the ESA’s technology transfer network In December 2016, Hungary became the newest member of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) technology transfer network. The membership will be arranged through the Hungarian Space Board, operating at the Ministry of National Development and will actively involve Wigner Research Centre for Physics (RCP) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. To this end, Wigner RCP established a National Technology Transfer Point and appointed Zsuzsanna Tandi (in the picture, right) as an ESA Technology Broker who will lead a 5-member team. Mrs. Tandi is also a Wigner’s representative at HEPTech. (Photo: Wigner RCP) The European network consists of technology transfer brokers who promote international exchange of views and experience, based on their knowledge, networking and expert teams and further initiate new developments to utilise transferred space technology. The network is active in 16 European countries and has initiated over 300 technology transfers to date. Péter Lévai, Director General of the Research Centre emphasised that „ESA’s decision is based on the fact that the researchers of Wigner Research Centre for Physics have been successfully participating for decades in diverse space programmes supported by the Hungarian Space Board; consequently they have a broad expertise in certain areas of space technology. Simultaneously, the innovation activity of the Research Centre has significantly strengthened in recent years, thus well-experienced experts can help solve problems arising during technology transfer”. (Photo: Wigner RCP) This newly established cooperation aims to explore and support, including financially, as many initiatives and start-up projects as possible, able to utilise international space research innovations and know-how in non- space areas. It will also strengthen the innovation and technology transfer capacity of the country by generating new business opportunities for the space and non-space industry. The Hungarian membership is expected to have a positive impact on economy and everyday life, since it will affect dynamically developing areas such as satellite navigation, telecommunications, meteorology, health care, and environmental protection. The Fifth Balkan Symposium of Archaeometry bridged science and heritage "Bridging Science and Heritage” was the topic of the Fifth Balkan Symposium of Archaeometry that took place from 25 to 29 September 2016 in the Carpathian resort of Sinaia, Romania. (Photo: HEPTech) This was the 5th edition of a tradition established in 2008, in Ohrid, Macedonia that continued in Istanbul (2010), Bucharest (2012), and Nesebar, Bulgaria (2014). The organizers of the Symposium 2016 were “Horia Hulubei” National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH) Bucharest-Magurele together with the University of Bucharest. The event focused on the application of modern physical and chemical methods in archaeometry, including nuclear methods and techniques used in dating, analysis, investigation and characterization of ancient artifacts, as well as their conservation and consolidation. Subjects from the related fields of archaeology and art history were included. The Symposium scheduled invited lectures, oral and poster presentations on the following topics: analytical methods for cultural heritage diagnostics, lithic materials, archaeometallurgy radiocarbon dating, GIS applications, preservation of cultural heritage – conservation and restoration, optoelectronic applications, experimental archaeology, and multidisciplinarity in archaeology. The Book of abstracts of the Symposium may be consulted at: http://www.nipne.ro/events/conferences/bsa5/BSA-5_Abstracts_binded.pdf LIP’s researchers are developing resistive plate chambers for neutron detectors Resistive plate chambers (RPCs) are widely used for large area detectors (over 100m2), as for instance, in high-energy physics to study the nature of the particles that constitute matter or in astroparticle physics to observe cosmic rays. These detectors, due to their simple structure are not expensive, which makes them very suitable for large area applications. Despite the simplicity, they provide very good spatial resolution and very fast timing. Researchers from LIP Coimbra, Portugal, are investigating the use of RPCs for neutron scattering detectors in the framework of the SINE2020 Detectors work-package. The researchers believe the RPCs could be a good solution for neutron scattering as their built-in layered configuration is well-suited for multi-layer detector architectures, needed to ensure high detection efficiency. They are essentially discharging-free and robust detectors and thus there is no need for “baby-sitting” or continuous monitoring. Additionally, RPCs have a very simple structure: two plates - at least one of them made of a resistive material (e.g. glass or ceramic) and a gas-gap. The team started by a simple RPC configuration (with only one gas-gap) and thus designed two prototypes - 10 one with a B4C-coating and another one without. Then they tested the two RPCs prototypes and observed 10 that the detection efficiency of the RPC coated with B4C was just as high as expected (i.e. previously calculated via Monte Carlo simulations). The experimental results showed an extended plateau as a function of high-voltage, in a region where RPCs show low sensitivity to minimum ionizing particles, which means the detector is sensitive to neutrons while the sensitivity to gamma rays is expected to remain very low. A spatial resolution bellow 1mm FWHM was demonstrated in these preliminary tests. (Experiments at FRM II. Photo: LIP) After the initial good results, the team joined the SINE2020 project and started to investigate one of the main parameters of RPCs. Two prototypes were designed and tested at the FRM II Neutron Source in Garching, Germany. The resolution improved considerably, with results showing a 2D position resolution of at least 0,5mm FWHM for both coordinates. At the moment the team is characterizing the gamma sensitivity of the two RPCs tested at FRM II with 22Na and 60Co gamma sources at LIP; they are examining the waveforms of the fast and slow component of the induced signals, with the intention to check the possibility of pulse shape discrimination (PSD) to reject gamma rays and background events. They are also designing and building a stack of double-gap RPCs with narrow gas-gap widths, taking into account the results obtained at FRM II. In the coming years, the plans are to build a multi-gap RPC, 10 coated with B4C and test it with thermal neutrons. Monte Carlo simulations will help consider potential interactions of neutrons with all the materials involved in an experiment (e.g. windows and detector components) and how these influence detector performance. (Design of a multi-gap RPC. Photo: LIP) INFN’s innovative imaging system for hadron therapy successfully tested on a patient INSIDE (Innovative Solutions for Dosimetry in Hadrontherapy) has been tested for the first time on a patient. This innovative imaging system, which uses particle accelerators, was built by the INFN in Turin to further enhance the efficiency of hadron therapy used for treatment of localised tumours. INSIDE, which received € 1 million grant under the PRIN (Relevant National Interest Projects) program, is the result of a research project coordinated by the University of Pisa in collaboration with the Universities of Turin and Sapienza of Rome, Bari Polytechnic University and INFN. For the trial phase, INSIDE was tested on the patient at the Italian National Centre for Oncological Hadron Therapy (CNAO) in Pavia. INSIDE is an innovative monitoring system, which uses detector technology to obtain images of what happens inside the patient's body during the hadron therapy treatment. This bimodal imaging system combines a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner with a tracking system for charged particle imaging and is capable of operating during radiation
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